Meaning of "waken" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF WAKEN

waken  [ˈweɪkən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAKEN

Waken is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb waken in English.

WHAT DOES WAKEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wakefulness

Wakefulness is a daily recurring brain state and state of consciousness in which an individual is conscious and engages in coherent cognitive and behavior responses to the external world such as communication, ambulation, eating, and sex. Being awake is the opposite of the state of being asleep in which most external inputs to the brain are excluded from neural processing.

Definition of waken in the English dictionary

The definition of waken in the dictionary is to rouse or be roused from sleep or some other inactive state.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WAKEN

PRESENT

Present

I waken

you waken

he/she/it wakens

we waken

you waken

they waken

Present continuous

I am wakening

you are wakening

he/she/it is wakening

we are wakening

you are wakening

they are wakening

Present perfect

I have wakened

you have wakened

he/she/it has wakened

we have wakened

you have wakened

they have wakened

Present perfect continuous

I have been wakening

you have been wakening

he/she/it has been wakening

we have been wakening

you have been wakening

they have been wakening

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I wakened

you wakened

he/she/it wakened

we wakened

you wakened

they wakened

Past continuous

I was wakening

you were wakening

he/she/it was wakening

we were wakening

you were wakening

they were wakening

Past perfect

I had wakened

you had wakened

he/she/it had wakened

we had wakened

you had wakened

they had wakened

Past perfect continuous

I had been wakening

you had been wakening

he/she/it had been wakening

we had been wakening

you had been wakening

they had been wakening

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will waken

you will waken

he/she/it will waken

we will waken

you will waken

they will waken

Future continuous

I will be wakening

you will be wakening

he/she/it will be wakening

we will be wakening

you will be wakening

they will be wakening

Future perfect

I will have wakened

you will have wakened

he/she/it will have wakened

we will have wakened

you will have wakened

they will have wakened

Future perfect continuous

I will have been wakening

you will have been wakening

he/she/it will have been wakening

we will have been wakening

you will have been wakening

they will have been wakening

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would waken

you would waken

he/she/it would waken

we would waken

you would waken

they would waken

Conditional continuous

I would be wakening

you would be wakening

he/she/it would be wakening

we would be wakening

you would be wakening

they would be wakening

Conditional perfect

I would have waken

you would have waken

he/she/it would have waken

we would have waken

you would have waken

they would have waken

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been wakening

you would have been wakening

he/she/it would have been wakening

we would have been wakening

you would have been wakening

they would have been wakening

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you waken
we let´s waken
you waken

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to waken

Past participle

wakened

Present Participle

wakening

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «WAKEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «waken» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of waken

activate · animate · arouse · awake · awaken · come to · enliven · galvanize · get up · revive · rouse · stimulate · stir · wake

TRANSLATION OF WAKEN

Find out the translation of waken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of waken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waken» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 唤醒
• Translator English - Spanish: despertar
• English: waken
• Translator English - Hindi: waken
• Translator English - Arabic: استفاق
• Translator English - Russian: разбудить
• Translator English - Portuguese: acordar
• Translator English - Bengali: জাগানো
• Translator English - French: réveiller
• Translator English - Malay: Terbangun
• Translator English - German: wecken
• Translator English - Japanese: 目覚める
• Translator English - Korean: 깨울
• Translator English - Javanese: Waken
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kêu
• Translator English - Tamil: எழுப்பக்
• Translator English - Marathi: जागृत
• Translator English - Turkish: uyanmak
• Translator English - Italian: destare
• Translator English - Polish: budzić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розбудити
• Translator English - Romanian: trezească
• Translator English - Greek: αφυπνίζω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wakker
• Translator English - Swedish: väckas
• Translator English - Norwegian: våkne

3 QUOTES WITH «WAKEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word waken.

1

Martin Buber

The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

2

Pearl S. Buck

Love alone could waken love.

3

Dawn Powell

I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on the pillow - sometimes his arm thrown over on my bed - and I kiss his hand, very softly so that it will not waken him.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAKEN»

Discover the use of waken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bijblijven 1 - 2011 Slapen En Waken

W. J. H. M. Bosch. De fysiologie van slapen en dromen Dienst Longziekten en Multidisciplinair Slaapcentrum, Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen en Universiteit Antwerpen De kennis van de neuroanatomie en fysiologie van de slaap is de ...

W. J. H. M. Bosch, 2007

Thou Shalt Waken: A Lyric

Thou, too, by slow, but unresisting drift, Oh world, shalt waken from dogmatic dusk To find the everlasting spark is Will — The hills have found Him in the valley's hush — The streams have found Him in their seaward rush — While I have found ...

George Cathcart Bronson, 1907

Dead Titans, Waken! and Invisible Sun: Two Complete Novels ...

Dead Titans, Waken! and Invisible Sun are two complete novels by Donald Wandrei. Neither book has ever been published before.

Donald A. Wandrei, S. T. Joshi, 2012

Annual Festival of the Worcester County Musical Association

Waken! Day is Dawning." f Misses Beehk, How and Wixant. Waken, waken! from your slumbers, Time 'tis now ye should arise; Waken ! join the songsters' numbers, Sweet as notes from Paradise ! Waken, waken ! day is dawning, Sombre night ...

Worcester County Musical Association, 1882

The German Band and The Morning Minstrels: Also Occasional ...

Also Occasional Pieces Robert Caldwell. WAKEN I WAKEN I WAKBNI Waken !' Waken ! Waken! Waken! waken! waken! Leave your dwellings now, For the spade is rusting, Idle lies the plough. Duty calls on labor, “Come, 0 come away!

Robert Caldwell, 1908

Sea songs, tales, etc. by Ned Halyard ...

Waken, stars, waken, to shine o'er the earth, — To joy and to sorrow to-morrow gives birth ; Heavy o'er earth through the daylight we've hung, And the green trees and bushes with diamonds have strung. Waken, stars, waken. Waken, stars  ...

Ned Halyard (pseud.), 1849

MY HOME SWEET HOME: Surviving An Abusive Relationship

This is a true-to-life story of a rebellious young girl who fell in love with a handsome young man, became pregnant and married at age 16, and who wanted only to make a happy life in her own “home sweet home” with her husband and ...

Gala Waken, 2013

A thousand and one Gems of English poetry, selected and ...

THE smiling morn may light the sky, And joy ma dance in beauty's eye, Aurora s beams to see: The mellow horn's inspiring sound May call the blithe companions round, But who shall waken thee, Ronald? Thou ne'er wilt hear the mellow horn,  ...

Charles Mackay, 1872

Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of Difficult Words

There is another verb, not much used now : Waken, past wakened, past part, wakened, waken-lng ; waken-er : " Go, waken Eve (Milton). " They waken raptures high." Wake'-ful, wake'ful-ly ; wake'ful-ness, sleeplessness. Wake-rob'in, the arum, ...

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 1882

The Continent

Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the green-wood haste away ; We can show you where he hies, Fleet of foot, and tall of size ; We can 6how the marks he made, When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd ; You shall sec him brought to bay ...

Albion Winegar Tourgée, 1884

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waken is used in the context of the following news items.

Waken voor Tourhooligans

Het Tourpeloton houdt vanaf morgen in de Alpen de billen bij elkaar. Het urine-incident rond geletruidrager Chris Froome is voor velen een wake-up call. «Telegraaf.nl, Jul 15»

'Te veel partijen waken over onze veiligheid'

Te veel instanties zijn zich de afgelopen jaren met onze veiligheid gaan bemoeien. Dat is niet in het belang van de burger, zegt criminoloog en filosoof Marc ... «Radio 1, Jul 15»

Knaven blijft waken voor slechte dag Froome

Chris Froome toonde zaterdag in de rit naar Mende wederom aan dat hij de beste klimmer van de Tour de France is, maar zijn ploegleider Servais Knaven ... «NU.nl, Jul 15»

Sprinters waken voor wind en regen

ARRAS (Novum) – De organisatie van de Tour de France waarschuwde voorafgaand aan de vijfde etappe al voor stevige windvlagen. Bovendien regent het ... «Nieuws.nl, Jul 15»

Waken in heel VS voor slachtoffers Charleston-drama

In heel de Verenigde Staten zijn waken gehouden voor de slachtoffers van de aanslag in Charleston, waaronder in Miami, Detroit en Philadelphia. Ook in ... «NOS, Jun 15»

Oranjevrouwen waken voor gemakzucht tegen China

De Nederlandse voetbalsters kunnen zich in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag met een zege op China plaatsen voor de achtste finales van het WK, maar ... «NU.nl, Jun 15»

Aaltenaren waken via smartphone over eigen buurt

AALTEN - Ruim 180 bewoners van de gemeente Aalten hebben zich aangemeld voor de WhatsApp-groep van buurtpreventie. Het doel van de berichtendienst, ... «De Gelderlander, Jun 15»

Tweehonderd camera's waken over Amsterdam

Bij het oplossen van liquidaties, overvallen en straatroven in Amsterdam zijn de beelden van camera's op straat van groot belang. Sinds 2010 telt Amsterdam ... «Parool.nl, May 15»

The Evolution of Retargeting: Interview With Meteora's Nicholas …

... Meteora are approaching online advertising, I reached out to Meteora's founder Nicholas Waken-Paschal to explain how retargting is beneficial for advertisers ... «Search Engine Journal, May 15»

Here be dragons: warming wakens wyverns

CLIMATE change could not just impact agricultural production, but also potentially waken sleeping giants who could in turn exacerbate the warming trend, ... «The Land Newspaper, Mar 15»